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.,, ,... .,. .�.._- ...- OCTOBER, 1995 . } Y RWUGn CITY HAIL, 5524 UPPER 146TH STREET , MN ' 1� goals and objectives of the Co pre ,,, HUGO IS CHANGING The g J People are moving in. Kids,cars,dogs,and cats,busi- have led to specific policy statements tog - ness,and industry.They are all coming. In order to prepare decision making. v for this change,a revised Comprehensive Plan has been These include: --� drafted for the community by the City's Planning - developing a more diversified tax base through Commission. A public workshop has been scheduled for commercial and industrial development October 24, 1995,from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM,at the Rice - accommodating managed and staged urban growth Lake Park Building. This is an opportunity for residents of - protecting environment resources,open space,and the community to discuss,one-on-one with the Planning agricultural activities Commission,the City's vision for adapting to,and guiding, • allowing for local diversity within an organized change. planning framework. Some of the findings and highlights contained in the The Plan acknowledges: Plan are listed below. - the availability of sewer capacity and access in Hugo's population has grown rapidly in the 1990's,by accordance with the City's approved 1973 Sewer -)st 20 percent,and is expected to double in the next 10 Service Plan LV 15 years. The 1990 census showed that fewer people are • the current growth patterns in Lino Lakes,White engaged in agriculture(4%)than in the past,and more are Bear Township,Forest Lake,and other nearby employed in industry and service-related jobs(58%). communities The local population increasingly resembles the demograph- - the necessary planning and development efforts is profile of Washington County as a whole. Local land use needed to utilize shared facilities and public works reflects these demographic changes. More land is being projects with surrounding communities used for residential purposes and less for farming. - the need to identify specific development and Results of the 1993 public opinion survey indicates redevelopment areas so as to effectively prioritize that lot size and development density are of primary impor- capital expenditures tance to most residents. There is also concern within the - the transportation needs of a growing population community for the protection of agricultural land and the • the availability of land necessary to achieve diversity preservation of open space. The Plan tries to balance these in housing and economic development activities community concerns with the fact that for many farmers • the necessity to reach community-based solutions and large property owners,their land is their primary asset with local input and support and the means for providing for their children's education The draft Guide Plan has a great deal of continuity with and their own retirement. the 1973 Comprehensive Plan. It designates two primary This survey also indicated a desire for a larger com- planning areas,each with subdistricts. The rural area is mercial and industrial tax base in the City. The focus group generally east of Hardwood Creek and Goodview Avenue. studying this issue set a goal that 30 percent of the City's tax Land uses are expected to be predominantly agriculture, base be generated by commercial and industrial property. hobby farms,and large-lot residential in this area. No pub- The Plan,as proposed,tries to fit this commercial and lic sewer or water is planned. In order to accommodate industrial expansion into the type of community residents farmers and rural land owners'development rights,a provi- indicated they desire. sion for"cluster development"at a one home per 10-acre The Planning Commission and focus groups also have density is planned for. ,i to fit Hugo into what development is occurring region- The urban area is anticipated to develop a full range of ally,both the urban development to the south and west,and uses. Most residential subdivisions are expected to develop the large-lot residential development occurring to the north at two to three units per acre in this area. The commercial and east. district is proposed to expand west from TH 61 along continued on page 2